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Results were: First season, takes us from relegation season to mid table Second season, wins league one with six weeks to go Third season, highest position since 1991 Fourth season, takes us to play-offs. Overall win percentage 44.33% (highest of any Albion manager in last 40 years except...

Then perhaps don't read the interviews?

But that does not really stand up to a statistical analysis. According to TB, Gus said he wanted to leave three days before we played Palace at the Amex. Our subsequent league form was P9 W5 D4 L0 F18 A5 Pts 19 If he had wanted to leave at the end of the season, the best way to have done this...

He's some loser apparently.

Good luck to him. Met him once, very personable, charming, a bit crazy, and can talk the hind leg off a donkey. Saw the Albion play some of the best football I have seen in watching them for 40 years, so no complaints from me.

If you mean that Gus was trying to flush out another interested party by talking to Reading, then I know where you are coming from :thumbsup:

We did agree a transfer fee with Reading, but it was Gus, not Reading, that pulled the plug on the deal.

As far as I am concerned, the club have conducted their own internal investigation and sacked Gus for gross misconduct. People can post what they want unless it is breaks the libel laws. The reason why we were reluctant to allow speculation on NSC over the summer was that there were legal...

No, more likely some sounding out from a club not too far away from Chelsea, but they decided to stick with their Jolly manager.

Jennings Berg, who trousered £2 million from Blackburn

From what I heard Gus was doing well at the interview until SAFC "Are there any questions you have for us here at Sunderland" GP "How far is it from the Stadium of Light to Stamford Bridge" SAFC "Next..........."

Well said Kev, finishing fourth under Poyet, our highest finish for 30 years was an absolute disaster last season, but the bullies seem to think it was some type of achievement.

Come on Kev, you never had a good word for Poyet. As for spending a fortune, whilst it was big money by Withdean standards, it wasn't by the standards if this division.